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- January 12th, 2021, 8:04 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: How about a slightly harder wine pairing: Kalbi beef
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3731
Re: How about a slightly harder wine pairing: Kalbi beef
I sort of get that point, but we don’t ever apply that logic to European cuisine. If you’re having herbed lamb roast and pick Bordeaux, you don’t worry whether the soup, salad, sweet potato puree, the steamed asparagus or the balsamic Brussels sprouts do or don’t go with the wine. You just match th...
- January 9th, 2021, 8:48 am
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Ricotta/mushroom pasta pairing?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 332
Re: Ricotta/mushroom pasta pairing?
The lemon is the part that makes it challenging IMO. Tastes good but can be a wine killer. Especially preserved lemon. Which I love, but makes red wine tough sledding. About the only red wine I can think of that would go are some of the super high acid pinots -- like Teutonic from Oregon, or Enderl...
- January 8th, 2021, 9:13 pm
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Ricotta/mushroom pasta pairing?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 332
Re: Ricotta/mushroom pasta pairing?
How much lemon? What mushrooms, and fresh or dried or a mix? Is there any stock in the sauce?
"a ricotta and parm-filled pasta in a mixed mushroom, lemon, and butter sauce" covers a lot of ground.
"a ricotta and parm-filled pasta in a mixed mushroom, lemon, and butter sauce" covers a lot of ground.
- January 8th, 2021, 4:35 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Official Dryuary (Dry January) 2021 Thread
- Replies: 117
- Views: 5121
Re: Official Dryuary (Dry January) 2021 Thread
I had delusions of doing a dry January. Actually started (again) yesterday, let's see how long until I backslide (again).
- January 2nd, 2021, 7:43 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: TN: 2014 Clos Roche Blanche Touraine Cuvée Pif
- Replies: 22
- Views: 554
Re: TN: 2014 Clos Roche Blanche Touraine Cuvée Pif
Pretty much. Sadly, all my Pif is gone, but I’ve got a couple of mixed cases remaining of Cot, Cabernet, and Gamay.
- January 2nd, 2021, 6:02 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: What's Your Favorite Buy-and-Drink Red?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 2622
Re: What's Your Favorite Buy-and-Drink Red?
Roilette regular
Vajra Nebbiolo Langhe or Langhe Rosso
Isole e Olena CC
Vincent Ribbon Ridge Pinot
Briceland Alderpoint Pinot
Thierry Richoux Irancy
Burlotto Barbera
Lopez de Heredia Cubillo
Terre Nere normale
Vajra Nebbiolo Langhe or Langhe Rosso
Isole e Olena CC
Vincent Ribbon Ridge Pinot
Briceland Alderpoint Pinot
Thierry Richoux Irancy
Burlotto Barbera
Lopez de Heredia Cubillo
Terre Nere normale
- December 31st, 2020, 3:11 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: What are you opening for NYE 2021?
- Replies: 109
- Views: 3592
Re: What are you opening for NYE 2020?
Opened Henri Goutorbe 2008 Brut Grand Cru with lunch.
If I feel industrious for dinner, I'll make quail and serve burgundy. Doesn't look promising right now -- looking more like a simple salad with cheeses and charcuterie. That would warrant another champagne, or an interesting white.
If I feel industrious for dinner, I'll make quail and serve burgundy. Doesn't look promising right now -- looking more like a simple salad with cheeses and charcuterie. That would warrant another champagne, or an interesting white.
- December 30th, 2020, 1:18 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Let's end 2020 with some fun! Controversial opinions- Burgundy is overrated.
- Replies: 252
- Views: 10257
Re: Let's end 2020 with some fun! Controversial opinions- Burgundy is overrated.
and how you are grabbing it, too.alan weinberg wrote: ↑December 30th, 2020, 12:23 pm it’s like the blind men and the elephant. Depends on which part of the beast you are grabbing.
- December 28th, 2020, 4:06 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Is it just my palate, or is white wine (and bubbly) more consistently enjoyable than red?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 1812
Re: Is it just my palate, or is white wine (and bubbly) more consistently enjoyable than red?
Just thought of another likely contributor -- probably 50% of the bottles of red that I drink are at least 15 years old, and there's more variation in older bottles (both white and red). Under 10% of the white I drink is that old.
- December 28th, 2020, 4:02 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Is it just my palate, or is white wine (and bubbly) more consistently enjoyable than red?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 1812
Re: Is it just my palate, or is white wine (and bubbly) more consistently enjoyable than red?
I have sort of come to the same conclusion as in the original post -- that is, that I have fewer off bottles with red than with white. Maybe. I think. That is, I haven't made a tally, and I definitely have off bottles of both red and white. But I think that off bottles are fewer with red than with w...
- December 26th, 2020, 11:16 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Your Christmas wine?
- Replies: 95
- Views: 4001
Re: Your Christmas wine?
Did you only have 1 bottle of Champagne and no still wines? We did. It was just 3 of us -- myself, my mother, and my wife. My mother doesn't drink, and my wife wanted cocktails before dinner, and I had to drive afterwards. Not an ideal situation for opening more than one bottle. There will be other...
- December 25th, 2020, 10:20 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Your Christmas wine?
- Replies: 95
- Views: 4001
Your Christmas wine?
Mine was NV Christophe Mignon brut rose. Really great match with a Tails & Trotters ham and roasted root veggies. The salt and gentle sweetness of the ham demanded a wine with acidity and richness, and the Champagne delivered. With just 3 of us, there's a whole lot of ham leftover. Looking forwa...
- December 23rd, 2020, 7:46 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: UPDATE U-TURN: Week 4 Virtual Tasting - Get your RHINE On - Brian Tuite - Redwood Empire Food Bank DEC16 - DEC23
- Replies: 166
- Views: 5678
Re: UPDATE U-TURN: Week 4 Virtual Tasting - Get your RHINE On - Brian Tuite - Redwood Empire Food Bank DEC16 - DEC23
2019 Georg Breuer "Lorch" Riesling (Rheingau). Just electic on the palate, so much zing. Lime and minerals from the moment of attack, with the same flavors on the very long finish. If I had to pick a fault, it would be that the nose is muted. 12.0%, somewhere between trocken and halbtrock...
- December 23rd, 2020, 7:32 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Windfall wine purchase
- Replies: 56
- Views: 3658
Re: Windfall wine purchase
(note, the OP did not share the windfall amount, only the desire to buy a celebratory bottle in the $600 range) Exactly. For all we know, Kelly is planning to give 95% of the funds to charity and to celebrating with a small portion. My suggestions: +1 on the Mugneret-Gibourg Clos Vougeot, or a mag ...
- December 22nd, 2020, 6:09 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: undervalued but not for long? (edited)
- Replies: 133
- Views: 8203
Re: undervalued but not for long? (edited)
Although you might think I'm joking when I say this, I think Australian bone dry Rieslings will increase. Nah, I don't think you are joking, just letting your own love for those wines affect your judgment. Three or four years ago, I drank my last bottle of 1996 Henschke "Louis" Eden Valle...
- December 22nd, 2020, 2:32 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Wine pairing with goose: Moose!
- Replies: 48
- Views: 2037
Re: Wine pairing with goose?
Hi Lee, Old Huet might hit the right festive notes for us, Lee, We have no guests, but I happen not to have any on hand. But we do have some gougeres lined up and may do serious pinot (GC burg), Reisling, or mayne some saignée champagne. So all's good! You and everyone enjoy your holidays and thank...
- December 22nd, 2020, 10:18 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Wine pairing with goose: Moose!
- Replies: 48
- Views: 2037
Re: Wine pairing with goose?
I've cooked goose stuffed with apples and prunes many times, usually soaked in Port, but Armagnac sounds like a great option. My wine choice is the richest Pinot Noir you can find, provided that it maintains a backbone of acidity. GC Burgundy if you can afford it. Top quality new world Pinot as an ...
- December 21st, 2020, 10:38 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: undervalued but not for long? (edited)
- Replies: 133
- Views: 8203
Re: undervalued but not for long? (edited)
Hautes-Côtes of all kinds in both colours. Between ambitious producers trying to get the best out of their relatively "meager" holdings and climate change making these less heralded areas more attractive from a terroir point of view, I think they will take a quick upward turn soon. This s...
- December 21st, 2020, 6:29 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: undervalued but not for long? (edited)
- Replies: 133
- Views: 8203
Re: undervalued but not for long? (edited)
I think debates like this can be had all day, but it really wasn't the purpose of this post. The idea was to see others put there opinions out in the open and hopefully help others find wines that are under appreciated, not for investing, but for drinking. As Markus points out, the language you use...
- December 21st, 2020, 1:51 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Wine pairing with goose: Moose!
- Replies: 48
- Views: 2037
Re: Wine pairing with goose?
I'm with Sarah and Russell -- this prep is calling out for a sweet, acidic white (though you would probably be OK with a high-dosage but dry Champagne). Riesling in spatlese/auslese would work very well, as would a demi-sec chenin blanc or an aged moulleux -- 1996 Huet 1er trie wines are showing wel...
- December 20th, 2020, 8:07 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: UPDATE U-TURN: Week 4 Virtual Tasting - Get your RHINE On - Brian Tuite - Redwood Empire Food Bank DEC16 - DEC23
- Replies: 166
- Views: 5678
Re: Week 4 Virtual Tasting for Charity - Get your Zinfandel On - Brian Tuite - Redwood Empire Food Bank DEC16 - DEC23
Today I opened the 2014 Briceland Zinfandel Ishi Pishi Ranch . First glass was with brunch, and that glass showed rather more plush than the wine has showed in the past. Still hads lots of good spice and zinberry fruit, and enough acid to not be cloying. The rest of the bottle was less mouthfilling ...
- December 18th, 2020, 1:59 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Learning Italian wine tasting recs
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2101
Re: Learning Italian wine tasting recs
Probably the best way would be to taste through the classic regions both red and white and go through them by tasting some classic producers. If 20 wines, then probably these: Whites/bubblies: Franciacorta Piemonte: Roero Arneis / Timorasso Alto Adige: Pinot Bianco Veneto: Soave Classico Friuli: Ri...
- December 13th, 2020, 10:33 am
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Aged Eggnog
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1209
Re: Aged Eggnog
Just made our first batch, with the Ruhlman recipe, more or less. More or less, because we didn't have a full liter of bourbon, so we used a mix of bourbon, rye, rum, and batavia arrack. And we made 4 variations, a 750 of each. One was the base recipe, one had chai spices, one with cardamom and mapl...
- December 12th, 2020, 4:23 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Week 3 Virtual Tasting for Charity - Wines of Oregon - D@vid Bu3ker for Dakin Humane Society - DEC9-DEC16
- Replies: 268
- Views: 9133
Re: Week 3 Virtual Tasting for Charity - Wines of Oregon - D@vid Bu3ker for Dakin Humane Society - DEC9-DEC16
For lunch, I had a sandwich of spicy coppa, fresh mozz, onion, and pickled banana peppers. To accompany it, I grabbed a 2017 Biha Andreas Vineyard Gewurtraminer rose. The wine is well-balanced, with spicy, waxy notes and a bit of an apricot fruit profile running underneath it. The finish is long and...
- December 11th, 2020, 11:50 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Week 3 Virtual Tasting for Charity - Wines of Oregon - D@vid Bu3ker for Dakin Humane Society - DEC9-DEC16
- Replies: 268
- Views: 9133
Re: Week 3 Virtual Tasting for Charity - Wines of Oregon - D@vid Bu3ker for Dakin Humane Society - DEC9-DEC16
Tonight was a simply roasted chicken with a bottle of 2001 Belle Pente Pinot Noir Murto Vineyard . There was a time when this wine showed confected fruit, almost stewed, and a bit flabby. Those days are long gone, however -- this showed very nicely, sweet cherry fruit with just a bit of sous bois . ...
- December 11th, 2020, 9:32 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Week 3 Virtual Tasting for Charity - Wines of Oregon - D@vid Bu3ker for Dakin Humane Society - DEC9-DEC16
- Replies: 268
- Views: 9133
Re: Week 3 Virtual Tasting for Charity - Wines of Oregon - D@vid Bu3ker for Dakin Humane Society - DEC9-DEC16
The 2016 Paetra Yamhill-Carlton Riesling is a more golden color and moving into secondary tones as well. There is a lovely meld of orchard fruit, diesel, and bees wax. It’s a bit luxurious in the palate, and definitely has the feeling of being very much in the window. Soft throughout the palate, wi...
- December 10th, 2020, 8:45 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: TN: 2017 Bernard Moreau Chassagne Montrachet 1er La Cardeuse
- Replies: 11
- Views: 624
Re: TN: 2017 Bernard Moreau Chassagne Montrachet 1er La Cardeuse
I haven't been able to source the wines in a while, but the Fontaine-Gagnard Clos St Jean was quite solid from 99-05. Don't know if it's even currently imported.
- December 8th, 2020, 3:52 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Best Value Langhe Nebbiolo under $25 [Poll Added]
- Replies: 88
- Views: 4289
Re: Best Value Langhe Nebbiolo under $20
In case someone is for "value" Nebbiolo from Alto Piedmont. 2016 Cantalupo Agamium (Nebbiolo) Made by arguably the foremost Ghemme producer. As I understand it this is 100% Nebbiolo/100% declassified Ghemme fruit. Beautiful ruby red with barely any hint of orange on the rim. Cherry and st...
- December 8th, 2020, 12:46 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: 11 of 12 bottle auction lots
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1999
Re: 11 of 12 bottle auction lots
Depends on context, really. There are 11 bottle lots I've veered away from. And there are 11 bottle lots that were screaming deals -- for example, an 11 bottle lot of 2005 red Chassagne that was put up for sale like 7 years after the vintage, when anybody should have known it would be shut down hard...
- December 8th, 2020, 12:40 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Best Value Langhe Nebbiolo under $25 [Poll Added]
- Replies: 88
- Views: 4289
Re: Best Value Langhe Nebbiolo under $20
That's true and all --- but in the context of the parent thread, I think it's a fantastic choice for a bottom-feeder wine from the region, even if it's a blend and not 100% Nebbiolo.
- December 7th, 2020, 11:16 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Best Value Langhe Nebbiolo under $25 [Poll Added]
- Replies: 88
- Views: 4289
Re: Best Value Langhe Nebbiolo under $20
Vajra Langhe Rosso
- December 3rd, 2020, 10:03 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Half tonight; the remainder tomorrow night. Preservation?
- Replies: 80
- Views: 3095
Re: Half tonight; the remainder tomorrow night. Preservation?
Count me with those who just leave it in the half-full original bottle. White wines go in the fridge always, even if I have to shuffle things to make space. Red wines go in the fridge sometimes, in the cellar at 55F sometimes.
- December 1st, 2020, 11:15 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Best Glass For Loire Cab Franc?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 616
Re: Best Glass For Loire Cab Franc?
I use mostly use Bordeaux glasses..but sometimes use Burg glasses if the wine is very aromatic. I like big bowl glasses (Zalto's are the prefered stemware for me) I also usually use Zalto bdx, but occasionally I will reach for Riedel Vinum Syrah. Can't think of any rhyme or reason as to when I pick...
- November 27th, 2020, 2:25 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Best Value Entry Level Rioja
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1758
Re: Best Value Entry Level Rioja
Hermanos Pecina would probably be my choice. I like them much better than the others that fall in their price range. I could go either way on whether the LdH Cubillo is a better value at a price 50%+ higher. However, you really want to give LdH some additional time, which maybe disqualifies it from...
- November 26th, 2020, 9:29 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: Best Value Entry Level Rioja
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1758
Re: Best Value Entry Level Rioja
+1 for the Montecillo as a bottom feeder wine. It's a great choice for pizza or pasta in a larger gathering of varied palate discernment.
- November 25th, 2020, 12:45 pm
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Forgive me WB...for I have sinned. I'm mailing it in for Thanksgiving
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2022
Re: Forgive me WB...for I have sinned. I'm mailing it in for Thanksgiving
Not mailing it in --- but with just the two of us, I'll be roasting a duck.
- November 25th, 2020, 12:03 pm
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Official kitchen knife thread
- Replies: 670
- Views: 56613
Re: Official kitchen knife thread
hows this misono 440 for $126? seems like a great qpr? https://www.amazon.com/Misono-440-Molybdenum-Gyutou-21cm/dp/B000XT2Z2Y/ref=as_li_ss_tl?dchild=1&keywords=misono+440&qid=1606320533&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=4200fa-20&linkId=2d70f3443490e3794b4c3541080bcdda&language=en...
- November 24th, 2020, 4:01 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: 2019 Beaujolais
- Replies: 81
- Views: 6878
Re: 2019 Beaujolais
Diochon deserves more love than it gets around here. Had a bottle of the 2000 recently, showing very well.Leonard Taylor wrote: ↑November 17th, 2020, 6:29 am Just tasted the 2019 Diochon Old Vines and it blew me away. $24
- November 22nd, 2020, 12:06 am
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Help, I need some new pots
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1527
Re: Help, I need some new pots
I've got de Buyer for carbon pans, Demeyere for stainless, Staub / Creuset for enameled cast iron. I use carbon steel pans for most skillet tasks, stainless when I'm cooking reactive foods. enameled cast iron for dutch oven, etc. De buyer makes (made?) a carbon steel roasting pan, which is hard to f...
- November 18th, 2020, 4:37 pm
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Favorite Paprika, anyone?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1387
Re: Favorite Paprika, anyone?
I get my paprika and sumac as needed from my neighborhood Middle Eastern market here in PDX. Freshest and best I've ever had.
Probably not a useful rec for you east coast residents, though.![[neener.gif] neener](./images/smilies/neener.gif)
Probably not a useful rec for you east coast residents, though.
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- November 18th, 2020, 8:26 am
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: No tagines?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1307
Re: No tagines?
I have a very good Tagine recipe for Chicken with Turmeric and Turkish dried apricots. I will drag it up from somewhere and post it. I once made it for 120 people for a second night seder at my synagogue, but I did not use a tagine "pot" because I did not have 10-15 of them. It was well r...
- November 18th, 2020, 8:21 am
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: TN: 1999 Joseph Drouhin Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches Rouge
- Replies: 13
- Views: 613
Re: TN: 1999 Joseph Drouhin Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches Rouge
Anybody had the 1995 recently?
- November 10th, 2020, 12:19 pm
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Official kitchen knife thread
- Replies: 670
- Views: 56613
Re: Official kitchen knife thread
Heh, I lied. Kind of. I do have a knife from the Gesshin Stainless range -- two, in fact. But they are 90mm paring knives, and won't tell you much about the gyuto's grind / form factor. I do like the knives quite well; fantastic for fine work. However, compared to most of my other knives, they are b...
- November 10th, 2020, 11:59 am
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Official kitchen knife thread
- Replies: 670
- Views: 56613
Re: Official kitchen knife thread
Also, Yaacov -- what is your plan for sharpening? DIY or use a service? You'll need to think about that, and may want to buy one or more sharpening stones when you buy your knife.
- November 10th, 2020, 11:35 am
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Official kitchen knife thread
- Replies: 670
- Views: 56613
Re: Official kitchen knife thread
this seems like a good deal for $100, what is the deal with VG-10? https://drop.com/buy/kanemoto-vg-10-damascus-kitchen-knife?utm_source=linkshare&referer=KHHQTR VG-10 is a very commonly used metal, there are lots of very fine knives made with it and lots of marginal knives made with it. Really...
- November 9th, 2020, 1:52 pm
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Official kitchen knife thread
- Replies: 670
- Views: 56613
Re: Official kitchen knife thread
this seems like a good deal for $100, what is the deal with VG-10? https://drop.com/buy/kanemoto-vg-10-damascus-kitchen-knife?utm_source=linkshare&referer=KHHQTR VG-10 is a very commonly used metal, there are lots of very fine knives made with it and lots of marginal knives made with it. Really...
- November 7th, 2020, 11:02 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: What Champagne are you popping tonight?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 2208
- November 7th, 2020, 9:15 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: What Champagne are you popping tonight?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 2208
- November 5th, 2020, 8:07 pm
- Forum: Wine Talk
- Topic: solid sparkling wine (well) under $20
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1042
Re: solid sparkling wine (well) under $20
Mestres 1312 Cava
Gramona 'La Cuvee' Brut Cava
Gramona 'La Cuvee' Brut Cava
- November 4th, 2020, 8:52 pm
- Forum: Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
- Topic: Official kitchen knife thread
- Replies: 670
- Views: 56613
Re: Official kitchen knife thread
Having a professional knife sharpener work on your knives makes a world of difference . Depends on your own skill with a set of stones, really. Recently, I've been disappointed in a couple of well-reviewed sharpening places that I felt just didn't measure up to what I could do myself. But before I ...